The mines of the

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have a rich historical heritage as well as an important

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value in containing or having had found, specimens of rare and unusual minerals. Also, the various mining fields have important roles in the understanding of the mineralization of the

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, and the occurrence of economic minerals.

List of named mines

The list below is a partial collation of the names of mines that have existed, a considerable number are found on or adjacent to the

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. Other mines and leases with different names may have existed. *The place names after the name of the mine are as found in records, and may not be accurate. *Where possible, subheadings are created for entries such as Mount Lyell, where different workings at the mine were named, and some common usages do not necessarily relate to company or Mines Department records *It is not a list of exploration leases, or "finds" where a mineral has been found on the west coast. ---- * Adelaide Proprietary Mine,

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* Austral Mine,

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* Boulder Mine, North Dundas * Britannia Mine, Zeehan * British-Zeehan Mine, Zeehan * Central Balstrup Mine, Zeehan * Colebrook Mine, Rosebery * Comet Mine, Dundas * Comstock Mine, Zeehan * Cumberland Tin Mine, Mount Heemskirk * Curtin Davis Mine, Dundas * Dundas Extended, Dundas * East Hercules Mine, Rosebery * Farrell Mine, Tullah (also as North Farrell) * Federation Mine, Mount Heemskirk * Fraser Creek Mine, North East Dundas * Grubbs Mine, Zeehan * Hal Jukes, Mount Jukes * Hecla Curtin Mine, Dundas *

Henty Gold Mine The Henty Gold Mine is located at the head of the Henty River on the edge of the West Coast Range in Western Tasmania. It is approximately 30 km north of Queenstown. It is east of Zeehan and south of Rosebery. It can be reached by the Hyd ...

, Henty River * Hercules Mine, Mount Read * Hydes, Mount Jukes (West) * Jukes Proprietary, Mount Jukes * Junction Mine, Zeehan * King Jukes Mine, Crotty * Lake Jukes, Crotty * Magnet Mine,

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* Maynes Mine, Mount Heemskirk * Melba Mine, North Dundas * Montana Mine, Zeehan * Montana Western Extended Mine * Mount Black Mine, Rosbery * Mount Bischoff, Mount Bischoff * Mount Darwin, Mount Darwin * Mount Farrell Mine, Tullah * Mount Lyell, Queenstown ** Cape Horn ** Comstock (also known as Lyell Comstock, in close proximity to Cape Horn) ** Crown Lyell ** Flux Quarry ** Iron Blow – site lost with opening of the large open cut ** Lyell Blocks ** Open Cut (also known as ''West Lyell Open Cut'') ** Prince Lyell ** Royal Tharsis Open cut ** Royal Tharsis underground ** Tharsis ** Twelve West ** West Lyell (also known as Open Cut) ** West Tharsis * North Farrell Mine, Tullah *

North Mount Lyell North Mount Lyell was the name of a mine, mining company, locality (sometimes as North Lyell) and former railway north of Gormanston on the southern slopes of Mount Lyell in the West Coast Range on the West Coast of Tasmania, and on to the r ...

, Gormanston * Oonah Mine, Zeehan * Queen Jukes, Mount Jukes * Prince Darwin, Mount Darwin * Razorback Mine, Dundas *

Renison Bell Renison Bell is an underground tin mine and locality on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. History In 1890, tin-bearing gossan was found near Argent River by George Renison Bell. He claimed land and formed the Renison Bell Prospecting Asso ...

Mine, Renison Bell * Silver Queen Mine, Zeehan * Silversteam Mine, Zeehan * Spray Mine, Zeehan * Susanite Mine, Zeehan * Tasmanian Copper Mine, Rosebery * Taylours Reward, Mount Jukes * Tenth Legion Mine, Zeehan * West Comet Mine, Dundas

List of Mining Field names

There are also designated mineral or mining 'fields' by government authority * Dundas * Jukes-Darwin Mining Field * Mount Farrell Mining Field * North Dundas * North Heemskirk * Read – Rosebery * Rosebery * South Heemskirk *

Mining fields 1881-1890

Earlier informally named areas - ''Source: Binks 1988'' - map 3 - pages 54-55 * Corrinna alluvial gold field * South Heemskirk tin field * Zeehan silver-lead field * Dundas silver-lead field * North east Dundas gold field, Ring River * King River gold mine * Princess River gold mine * Linda gold field

Smelters

* Crotty * Mount Lyell * Tasmanian Metals Extraction Company, Rosebery, smelter

Railways, trams and haulages

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Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania The history of the Railways on the West Coast of Tasmania has fascinated enthusiasts from around the world, because of the combination of the harsh terrain in which the railways were created, and the unique nature of most of the lines. Points of ...

Training and Educational

* ''Mt Lyell School of Mines and Industries'' in Queenstown *

Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy The Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy was a Mining college in Main Street, Zeehan, West Coast Tasmania The West Coast of Tasmania is mainly isolated rough country, associated with wilderness, mining and tourism. It served as the loca ...

Notes

References

* * * * * Tuma, Andrew and Bottrill, R.S.(2006) "The minerals of Western Tasmania:Introduction, history and geological setting" in ''Australian Journal of Mineralogy'', volume 12, No.2, December 2006 * * {{Western Tasmania , state=autocollapse History of Tasmania Western Tasmania Underground mines in Australia Surface mines in Australia Mining in Tasmania